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Allen Knott
Cumbria, England ยท Atlas EN0103
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0103 (103)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Cumbria
- Historic county
- Westmorland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Windermere
- National Grid reference
- NY 41445 01054
- Latitude
- 54.40158
- Longitude
- -2.90351
- Altitude
- 220 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank and stone wall
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1913); Excavation (1963); Other (1966); Other (1975)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1008262
- HER
- Lake District National Park 1094 (second identifier 20443)
- National record
- record NY 40 SW 5; monument 10944
- Wikidata
- Q31110517
Sources
References
- Collingwood, R.G.C. 1913. The Earthworks on Allan Knott. Trans Cumberland Westmorland Antiq Archaeol Soc, 143-6
- Lowndes,R.A.C. 1964. Allen Knott Earthwork Trans Cumberland Westmorland Antiq Archaeol Soc New Ser. - Volume: LVIV - 94-7